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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Dill; Garden Dill
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
D-(+)-LIMONENE 0 Fruit 3972.0 31416.0 *
D-(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed 3972.0 31416.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
D-8-DEHYDRO-P-CYMENE 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Fruit 516.0 7469.0 *
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Seed 516.0 7469.0 1.00 *
DECANAL 0 Fruit 24.0 154.0 1.77 *
DECANAL 0 Seed 24.0 154.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Leaf 0.1 -0.49 *
DELTA-5,6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf 1.0 3.0 -0.45 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Leaf 150.0 400.0 0.92 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil 400900.0 2.00 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf 390.0 1050.0 -1.00 Wealth of India.
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1700.0 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Root *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
DILL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil *
DILL-ETHER 0 Leaf 60.0 3495.0 *
DILL-ETHER 0 Seed 45.0 300.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Differentiator 2 *
Digestive 1 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
Diuretic 17 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DME-Inhibitor 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Binder 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 5 *
Emmenagogue 2 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Endorphinogenic 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 3 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Epileptigenic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.